Library and Information Services

The working group will promote:

Communication:

• Discussion on the HIFA forums about issues relating to LIS, including one or more dedicated 6-week thematic discussion(s)
• Discuss who is doing what in Knowledge Management for Global Health
• Discuss what is needed in KM for GH

Understanding:

• Identify and integrate relevant HIFA Quotations and Citations into the HIFA Voices database
• Undertake any other relevant activities as agreed by the group (for example, other HIFA Projects have undertaken surveys and literature reviews)
• Identify areas where more research is needed to understand how governments can promote the availability and use of healthcare information in low and middle-income countries

Advocacy:

• Raise global awareness of key issues, priorities and challenges (through HIFA forum discussions, HIFA social media, webinars, presentations and/or publications).

Timeline

March 2017: Launch of HIFA Library and Information Services Project

April-May 2017: Knowledge & Library Services Evidence Briefing (Caroline DeBrun, Public Health England)

June 2017: Project pesentation and workshop at EAHIL/ICML Congress, Dublin, Ireland

July-August 2017: HIFA thematic discussion #1: on Library and Information Services in Emergencies, Disasters and Disease Outbreaks 

August 2017: Publication of HIFA thematic discussion #1 (see Publications)

October-November 2017: HIFA thematic discussion #2: Evidence-Informed Humanitarian Action

January 2018: Publication of HIFA thematic discussion #2 (see Publications)